Attachment for razor-strops.



No. 865,353. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907. W. A. BREED. ATTACHMENT FOR RAZOR STROPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY31. 1907.

"m: NORRIS PEIERS co., WASHINCYON, n. c.

'county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented cer- WURTEM A. BREED, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT FOR RAZOR-STROPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed May 31,1907. $erial No. 376.676-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WURTEM A. BREED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Painesville, in the tain new and useful lmprovements in Attachments for Razor-Shops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a guide or attachment for razor strops, and has for its object to provide means for causing the razor to be presented accurately and uniformly to the strop during each stroke, retaining the same angle and thereby giving equal strokes and angles and a proper edge.

The razor is connected to a loop which travels on a rod or bar maintained at a given distance from the strop, the action, however, being the same as in the ordinary stropping of a razor.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the device. Fig. 2 is a cross section.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a bar or rod having up-standing triangular loops 9 at the opposite ends, as well as a hook 12 at one end. These parts may conveniently be formed of heavy wire bent to the shape or form illustrated and described. The strop 7 extends through the loops 9, with the hook 12 engaged in the swiveling loop 15 at the front end of the strop. When the strop is pulled tight the rod 6 is supported under the strop at a certain distance therefrom, and parallel thereto.

8 indicates an elongated wire loop through which the rod 6 extends, said loop being long and narrow, and when in use extends horizontally across under the strop. At or near one end the loop has an upright part 18 at the top of which is a part 25 extending angularly or inwardly toward the strop. These parts, also, are conveniently formed of wire bent to the shape indicated.

The part 25 forms a pivot for the swiveling clamps 11 which are attached to the shank 13 of the razor blade by means of set screws 22. These clamps will swivel or turn over the pivot 25 from one side to the other, according to the stroke.

In use, the razor, connected to the guide loop 8 in the manner indicated, is moved back and forth in the usual manner, the said loop 8 traveling along the rod 6, and thereby maintaining the razor at the same distance from, and angle to, the face of the strop. The elongation of the loop 8 allows the lateral movement oi the razor to apply the strop to any part of the blade. When the razor is turned at the end of each stroke the clamps 11 swivel over to the opposite side of the pivot 25. "he device will prevent or correct the tendency to lift the back of the blade from the strop, which causes a round edge, the upright 18 being of such length that the blade is brought level upon the strop, with both the edge and the back in contact in the proper manner. The triangular loops 9 at the end are large enough to permit the strop to be reversed without removing it from the guide.

I claim:

1. A stropping device comprising a guide rod having upstanding loops at the end to receive the strop, with the rod extending lengtlnvise thereunder, and a loop slidable along the rod and having an upright provided with a swiveling clamp attachable to a razor or the like.

2. A stropping device comprising a guide extending lengthwise under the strop, and an elongated loop slidable along the rod and having an upright at one end with an inwardly-extending pivot piece at the top, and a swiveling clamp on said pivot piece, attachable to a razor or the like,

In testimony whereof I do aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

\VURTEM A. BREED.

Witnesses JOHN A. BOMMHAILDT, EDITH D. COMER. 

